Car-record sheet.



iv v H. ROGERS. CAR RECORD SHEET. APPLICATION FILED IAY l4, IBII.

Patented Nov. 27, 1917.

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To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH Rooms, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Urlcansand State of Louisiana, certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Record Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to certain improvements in record book sheets for keeping track of cars of railroad systems and it has for its object to facilitate the location of the cars and to provide a record book,

the use of which will be more convenient, exact, precise and economical than isthe case with record books now employed.

The invention also includes a system of car indexing whereby the page location of the car entry bears a definite relation to the carnumber, the page being divided into nine sections corresponding to the nine digits 1 to 9, inclusive, each section having definite relation'to the car number, whereby car entries may be distributed over the page in well defined groups so that location of any particular car or cars may be readily" determined.

In carrying out the invention a boolc is provided having its pages either single or double, indexed from 0 to 100 and arranged in one or more volumes, as may be found convenient, each page having an index tab giving its number and each page being divided into nine sections numbered from 1 to 9, inclusive, and suitably ruled to show the identification initials of the cars,

their numbers and the movements of the cars.

' In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of one volume of a two-volume book open at the first page 00 and ruled as a double page, the binding being done along the central line.

. Fig. 2 "s a similar view of a singlepage ruled sheet arranged as an illustration or specimen page to show the use of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a detail view on an enlarged scale of a portion of a sheet, showing the manner of making entries.

' In the drawings, a represents the sheet, which may be either a sin le sheet, as shown in, Fig. 2, or a double set, as shown in Fig. 1. When the sheets are double ones theyare bound along the midline b in book Specification of letters Patent.

have invented on NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR} TO HAUSERTRINTIN'G F NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA:

- Patented Application filed May 14, 1917. Ser ialjNo. 163,464.

form, and each sheet has an index tab c numbered as at cl to correspond with'the page number 6. Z i

Each page or sheet sections or compartments,numbered'i1 to 9, respectively, and each section or compart ment spaces forming" columns for the reception of the initials of the car, columns .9 for the a is dividedinto nine 60 I is suitably ruledf'to provide lines j'and I reception of the number 'oftlie tarfand a plurality of columns h -for thereception last two figures of the car numbers This determines the book. pageon whichtheenf try is to be. made. the last two figures are v .01',, sohe turnsto ag #01 ofthe book He thestakesthe next figure tothe'left of page 2, which gives him the page section in which the entry is to be made. The next figure is 1 Inthe examplegiven,

(passing over the. ciphers) so the entry is made in page 01 section #1. Having thus determined the page andpage section in which the entry is to be made", the record keeper puts down the car initials in column f, viz.,

omission of the last two figures, because the page number will always be the same as the last two figures of the car number and thus the work of putting down these last two figures may be saved, since only the remaining figures ofthe car number need be entered, viz), #100.

In the first or upper space 7: totheright in thefirst columnh he puts the initials of the road from which the car was received I. M. & S. and in column ghe puts the carv number, either in full or with the;

date of the receipt (see Fig. 3) when'the car goes out he enters the initials of the company to which thev car goes in the space K in the next space of the column h and the date in the space L beneath.

When the car returns, he enters the initials of the company from which it was re 65 j the enessary data giving the car move and beneath that inv the space I he puts the j ceived in the adjoining space K and the date in the space L below and this continues until the car is returned to'its owner.

If'it is desired to find out the whereabouts of any car that has passed over the road whose record is being kept, the car initials and numbers being known, (say M. K. & T. #700009) the operator turns to page #09,

#09 being the last two figures of the car' number. He then looks in sheet section #7, the next figure to the right being #7, (ciphers being ignored) and there in section #7 of page 9 he will find the record of the c'arhe is looking for. If the-car is numbered 700001, it will be found on page #01 in section #7. If it be a car having the number 57689, it will be found on page #89 in section #6, etc. Thus, it will be seen a simple and effective means is provided for recording carsand determining at a glance when they were received and whether or not they have been passed onto another line and if so, the line to which they have been passed on and the date of transfer is readily determined."

From the foregoing description, it is thought the complete operation and advantages of the invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

What I claim is 1. A car record book comprising pages numbered from 0 to 99 inclusive, each page or sheet being divided into' nine sections only which are respectively numbered 1 to 9, each section having suitably ruled lines copies of this patent may be obtained for and spaces to provide a column for receiving the car initials, a column for receiving the car numbers and a series of columns for entering the car movements, the page numberinghaving reference to the last two figures of the car number and the section numbering having reference to the next figure of value to the left of the second from the last figure of the car number.

2. A car record book comprising pages numbered from 0 to 99 IlIIClUSlXG each page or sheet being divided into nine sections which are respectively numbered 1 to 9, each section having suitably ruled lines and spaces to receive the data identifying the car and the movements thereof, all cars hav ing the last two figures of their number the same being entered on the same page, and all cars having the figure preceding the last two the same being entered in the same page-section.

3. A car record book comprising sheets numbered consecutively each sheet being divided into nine compartments or sections, each section being ruled to provide three sets of columns, one set for the initials of the car, one set for the car number and one set for the movements of the car, the page numbering of the sheets corresponding to the last two figures of the car number and the page sections being numbered from 1 to 9 respectively have relation to the next figure of value to the left of the second from thelast figure of the car number.

HUGH ROGERS.

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